Saturday, 1 October 2016

BUNDESLIGA : Bayern held by Cologne, Chicharito scores as Leverkusen beat Dortmund



Xabi Alonso reacts after Cologne's leveller on Saturday.

Cologne became the first team to deny Bayern Munich victory in the Bundesliga this season as they picked up a deserved 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena.

Joshua Kimmich gave Bayern the lead five minutes before the end of a first half which the hosts dominated.

It was a different story in the second half, though, with Anthony Modeste bringing Cologne level, and they had the record champions on the ropes but failed to land a winning punch despite going close late on.

The result means both clubs remain unbeaten this season, although Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern left the field for the first time in the league this season without all three points following a previous run of five straight wins.



Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez scored to seal Bayer Leverkusen's 2-0 home win over Borussia Dortmund.

Ahmed Mehmedi opened the scoring after just 10 minutes, heading in Hakan Calhanoglu's cross following a corner, and Hernandez added his fifth goal in the past three games in the 79th minute by turning in another Calhanoglu cross from close range.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang thought he'd pulled a goal back with three minutes to play, but it was ruled out for outside.

Dortmund dropped into third place, four points behind leaders Bayern and one back of Hertha Berlin, who earned a 2-0 win at home over Hamburg to spoil Markus Gisdol's first game in charge.


Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Dortmund were poor on Saturday, deservedly losing at Leverkusen.


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